I'll bet that it would make one soft [and pricy] kilt!

**Mychael Sporrano** · 12th December 04, 09:16 AM

I was just reading in our local Sunday paper about efforts on the part of Australian company Highland Partnership to create a bale of the world's finest. The sheep who were responsible for growing the wool were handpicked from the Snowy Mt region of New South Wales. The sheep were then exposed to a pampered life that included opera and a special sheep nutritionist, resulting in a bale of wool consisting of fibers nearly one half the thickness of the wool fibers shorn from the average Australian sheep.

According to the article, the bale was purchased by Italian designer Loro Piana for a price 345 times the going rate for wool. Piana plans to create 50 men's suits that will retail for more than $11,000 USD apiece.

Mychael

**bubba** · 12th December 04, 09:29 AM

Originally Posted by Mychael Sporrano

Piana plans to create 50 men's suits that will retail for more than $11,000 USD apiece.

Mychael

Never trust a person who wears a suit that cost more than your car

**Riverkilt** · 12th December 04, 10:37 AM

And of course they are pampered by KILTED sheep herders....

**seamus** · 12th December 04, 04:59 PM

haha, that would feel nice on yer bollocks!

**Kilt Ted** · 12th December 04, 08:21 PM

Hmmmm

Any one paying that price for a suit would have to be slightly Ount Of Kilta!!

Rob

**GMan** · 12th December 04, 09:38 PM

I just want to know if a kilt was made from that wool, would the wearer of said kilt be as pampered as the sheep?

**Robert Lamb** · 13th December 04, 12:58 PM

What a waste of pampers wool.
It could make 1,000 kilts at $110.00 each.
Robert "the kilted " lamb

Pittsburgh Kilts · 13th December 04, 03:49 PM

Now, I don't know that much about sheep (except for why shepherds wear high boots), but I thought that TOUGHER conditions made better wool? Isn't that why the really nice wool comes from Scotland, not from Jamaica?

**Freedomlover** · 14th December 04, 07:58 AM

Originally Posted by Pittsburgh Kilts

Now, I don't know that much about sheep..., but I thought that TOUGHER conditions made better wool? Isn't that why the really nice wool comes from Scotland, not from Jamaica?

Yes. For most uses thicker is better, within reason. Since a thin, fine wool (cashmere) already exists and is readily available, this little experiment reeks of snob appeal.